Room for science
to look to future
EASTBOURNE Primary School’s new science
centre was officially opened last week, as part of
Education Week celebrations, which this year took
up the theme: “Scientists do amazing things!”.
The new science centre will be used by the school’s
science club during lunchtimes and will also be the
venue for the Peninsula Connections after-hours
extension program for students across the Mornington Peninsula area who have an aptitude and interest
in science.
State Education Minister Martin Dixon said science was set to play a critical role in Victoria’s future.
“By 2020-21, nearly 90,000 scientists will be
employed in Victoria and nearly 255,000 people will
be employed in jobs such a medicine, health care,
agriculture and architecture for which science skills
are essential,” he said.
“Education Week is the ideal time for parents
and the wider community to learn about our great
schools and early years services.”
“There’s a lot of great science-related initiatives taking place in Victorian schools, and our six
specialist science and maths centres are marvellous
facilities which I hope all school children have the
opportunity to visit, or receive a visit from via the
centres’ outreach programs.”
Amazing science: (from left) Lashay Linaker, Ella
Dunston, Mackenzie Sommer with Rosebud Secondary
College science teacher Yuri Setnik (back) conduct
experiments in Eastbourne Primary School’s new
science room. Picture: Yanni

Walkout halts debate
By David Harrison
A COUNCILLOR walkout forced the
abandonment of the Special Purposes
Committee meeting held on 19 May
when two confidential items came up
for debate.
Veteran council watchers could not
recall any previous councillor walkout
at Mornington Peninsula Shire. It was
a dramatic and pivotal moment in shire
events.
The meeting had reached agenda item
3, “Confidential Items”.
The minutes record that “Cr Fraser
and Cr Rodgers left the meeting before
consideration of this item and did not
return”. Hugh Fraser and Tim Rodgers
represent Nepean ward.

The meeting was then adjourned at
5.50pm. The minutes state that “Cr.
Colomb left the meeting at 5:50pm during discussion of this item and did not
return”. Bev Colomb is a Briars ward
councillor.
The minutes continue: “Due to no
quorum, the Special Purposes Committee Meeting lapsed at 6:04pm.”
It is not known what subject the confidential items covered. But it would not
be surprising if one item involved the
highly contentious Southern Peninsula
Aquatic Centre – possibly the only matter divisive enough to spark a response
as unprecedented and extraordinary as a
councillor walkout.
Absent from the meeting were coun-

cillors Lynn Bowden, Graham Pittock
and Frank Martin, who resigned from
council the following day due to ill
health.
The walkout meant only five councillors remained in the chamber – Antonella Celi, David Gibb, Anne Shaw,
Andrew Dixon and David Garnock –
one short of a quorum.
Section 85 of the Local Government
Act deals with lack of a quorum at
council meetings. It gives the local government minister or a council’s chief
executive officer power to require all
councillors to attend a “call of the council” meeting.
If a councillor does not appear within
30 minutes of the scheduled starting

time for such a meeting, or does not remain at the meeting, the council CEO
“must immediately advise the Minister
in writing”, the act states.
The minister may then order that “the
councillor is incapable of remaining a
councillor”.
These provisions are broadly aimed
at preventing continued disruption of
council business by recalcitrant councillors.
It is beyond contemplation that councillors Fraser, Rodgers and Colomb
would not attend a call of the council
meeting, or would walk out of one.
It is highly improbable that shire CEO
Michael Kennedy would resort to calling such a meeting after just one, albeit

dramatic, such occurrence.
What is certain that the trio were so
offended by, and opposed to, the subject
matter in the confidential item that they
acted to highlight it. While they cannot
reveal confidential information without
breaching the law, matters such as this
have a habit of becoming public.
While Cr Fraser, a highly experienced
barrister, is in his first term as a councillor, he has rapidly made his mark as a
careful and forensic operator.
Councillors Colomb and Rodgers are
veterans with high reputations for probity and closely examining matters that
come before council.
See ‘CEO queried over ‘secret’ item’,
page 7

By Stephen Taylor
IMAGES of musician Paul Kelly
will help make the Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery an even
more interesting place to visit until
20 July.
An exhibition of portraits of the
songster will take over the gallery
walls and intrigue fans and art lovers alike.
Paul Kelly and the Portraits National Portrait Gallery Touring exhibition showcases his performance
persona and the more elusive aspects
of his character.
The exhibition presents a multifaceted portrait of the artist over his
career.
Known as ‘the people’s poet’, Kelly’s portraits are by artists and leading music photographers.
Kelly’s ‘bread and butter’ is performing publicly. His songs are
considered by many as ‘’hymns of
the Australian psyche’’, the gallery
says. However, many of the photographers and artists in the exhibition
speak of his shyness and reticence.
Born in Adelaide in 1955 but Melbourne-based, Kelly tours nationally
and internationally. His most recent
album, Spring and Fall, was released
in October 2012 along with the feature-length documentary, ‘Paul Kelly: Stories of Me’ based on what he
terms his ‘mongrel memoir’ How to
make gravy.
The exhibition features two paintings, 17 photographs, one lithograph
and a new screen-based portrait
commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery.
It also shows four short films by
Shark Island Productions which ex-

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PRIME Minister Tony Abbott made
a flying visit to the Mornington
Peninsula two days after the federal
budget was unveiled.
Mr Abbott was not on a mission to
make the case to the voting public
that his government’s controversial
cost-cutting budget was for the longterm economic good of the nation,
preferring to address Liberal Party
supporters behind closed doors.
The PM attended an evening postbudget Liberal Party fundraising
dinner at Mornington Racing Club
on Friday 16 May.
The party faithful paid $95 each
to attend a ‘Post-Budget Dinner’
“hosted by” Flinders MP Greg Hunt

and Dunkley MP Bruce Billson with
Mr Abbott a guest speaker.
Non-Liberal Party members could
pay $125 to attend the dinner, with
all money raised on the night making
its way into party coffers.
A two-course meal was served up
as Mr Abbott dished out his thoughts
on “staying the course” to try to
get the nation’s finances back into
surplus.
The function was held in
the Mornington Racing Club’s
Gunnamatta Room which can seat up
to 550 guests for a banquet booking.
The News understands the dinner was
a sell-out, raking in tens of thousands
of dollars for the Liberal Party.

FRANKSTON

Mr Billson said he appreciated
the Prime Minister taking the time
during “a very busy week” to visit
the peninsula and speak to “those
interested in hearing him talk about
the budget”.
He said the event was “keenly
priced” to allow as many people as
possible to attend.
Post-budget dinners to raise
funds for political parties are an
annual tradition, with Labor Party
opposition leader Bill Shorten also
chowing down with party members
in Canberra to raise money after
he gave his budget reply speech on
Thursday 15 May.
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Plan Melbourne ‘good news’ for peninsula
By Stephen Taylor
THE thrust of Plan Melbourne – released last week by the state government - is to coordinate population and
housing growth with employment and
transport planning on a state-wide basis.
And the strategy is ‘’very positive’’
for the Mornington Peninsula, according to mayor Antonella Celi.
Its local focus is on commitment to
a permanent urban growth boundary,
development of the Port of Hastings,
support for protection of high-quality
agricultural land and ensuring the environmental qualities of Western Port
and Port Phillip are protected.
“Our residents love the Peninsula as
it is, they support appropriate development and new opportunities, particularly for young people, but they want
to ensure the special look, feel and
function of the Peninsula - the things
that make us different from suburban
Melbourne - are well protected, ‘’ she
said.
Plan Melbourne’s premise is that
Melbourne has grown rapidly over the
past decade, and by 2051 it is estimated a population of 7.7 million will require around 1.6 million extra houses.
It will be an ageing cohort, too,
meaning future housing supply will
need to take into account the changing needs of households for different
types of accommodation over a lifetime.
Even with a 30-year supply of
urban-zoned land on Melbourne’s
fringes, the plan says this is no longer
sustainable to accommodate most of
our growth by expanding outwards.
‘’We will partly accommodate future

All part of the plan: The Plan Melbourne report aims to predict future population and
housing growth across Victoria including the Mornington Peninsula. Picture: Yanni

growth with medium- and high-density development in defined areas in the
existing urban area in designated urban-renewal precincts,’’ the plan says.
Later, more housing will be built
closer to jobs, transport and services
through the zoning system and other
mechanisms.
The plan says housing affordability

varies significantly across Melbourne
and growth in house prices has outpaced the growth in incomes. ‘’Our
plan is to encourage greater diversity
in housing types and access to more affordable housing options.’’
Transport is the key as it underpins
the liveability, efficiency and productivity of cities.

CEO queried over ‘secret’ item
By David Harrison
COUNCILLOR Hugh Fraser has questioned shire CEO Michael Kennedy’s
decision to designate as confidential an
item included in a council meeting held
on 19 May.
Cr Fraser, a barrister, claims there was
“no reasonable basis” under the Local
Government Act to make the item confidential. He has also queried placing the
item on the agenda of the 19 May meeting, claiming this placement “did not
comply” with a 2012 council resolution.
Cr Fraser seeks to have the confidential item discussed publicly at the council
meeting to be held on 10 June. He has
lodged a notice of motion that was due
to be discussed at the council meeting on
Monday 26 May.
The matter is difficult to report because the contested item was, and re-

mains, confidential. But clearly it was
controversial, sparking the first walkout
from a shire council meeting that anyone
can recall.
The meeting minutes record that councillors Fraser, Tim Rodgers and Bev
Colomb “left the meeting … and did
not return”, forcing abandonment of the
meeting for lack of a quorum. The contentious item was thus not discussed at
that meeting.
The notice of motion’s “non-compliance” argument refers to a March 2012
council resolution regarding the Southern Peninsula Aquatic Centre. This was
the meeting at which the SPA was first
formally located on the Rosebud foreshore. Later, land was bought at Wannaeue Place as an alternative site. Then
last December councillors voted to return the SPA to the foreshore.
The 2012 meeting resolved “that

Council holds all [SPA] meetings ... at
the Rosebud Memorial Hall [or] the
Rosebud Council Chamber ...”.
Cr Fraser argues that the 19 May Special Purposes Committee Meeting was
held at Mornington, thus not complying
with the resolution that the SPA only be
discussed at meetings held at Rosebud.
Cr Fraser’s argument on the legal
validity of designating the item as confidential is near-impossible to fathom
because the matter was heard in camera.
Clearly it involves the SPA. The “Confidential information” section of the Local
Government Act, S.77, details the means
by which information is designated as
confidential.
But, in the absence of more specific
information, this section does not help
specify or illuminate Cr Fraser’s argument. Discussion of Cr Fraser’s motion
was almost certain to be held in camera.

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‘’The key transport challenges for
Melbourne are to ensure sufficient
commuter capacity on public transport
and road systems, and to ensure that
Victoria maintains its competitive advantage in freight and logistics.’’
The plan says a growing Melbourne
will need to be able to provide an extra 10.7 million daily public transport
trips by 2050 on top of the 14.2 million
trips today. This means adding critical
links to the network, getting greater
efficiency out of existing infrastructure and increasing reliance on public
transport.
City-shaping transport projects such
as the East West Link, the Melbourne
Rail Link (including the Airport Rail
Link), CityLink-Tulla widening - and
the development of the Port of Hastings - are expected to transform the efficiency and capacity of the network.
The plan also includes major new
programs of investment in road efficiency, expanded public transport services and improved cycling and walking paths.
Cr Celi said that while the Peninsula
faces ‘’its own unique challenges’’,
the plan provides the opportunity to
‘’shape future planning for the Peninsula in a way that responds to the
issues and values that came out most
strongly in the council’s Plan Peninsula consultations with the community
held last year”.
She said the shire had “worked
closely with local communities in informing the government about our future aspirations’’.
“There is a firm commitment to the
introduction of the Mornington Peninsula Planning Statement that recog-

nises the distinct role and importance
of the Peninsula to the whole of Melbourne,’’ she said.
The council has already approved
the draft Planning Statement, which Cr
Celi said ‘’expresses our community’s
vision of the Peninsula being ‘near
to, but not part of, Melbourne and its
accelerating growth’, as reflected by
community input during the council’s
Plan Peninsula consultation program’’.
“The Peninsula plays a range of
complementary roles in tourism, recreation, agriculture and manufacturing, but our community is clear that we
are not ‘suburbia’, and don’t want to
be. The council’s input into Plan Melbourne reflects what the community
told us.’’
Plan Melbourne also emphasises
the primary role of local government
in planning for local areas, including
neighbourhood centres and major activity centres on the Peninsula.
The ‘new’ Plan Melbourne points
out that Melbourne’s projected population growth is 4.3 million to 7.7 million by 2051 - rather than the 6.5 million in the earlier version. This, in turn,
has increased the projected demand for
housing to more than 1.6 million new
dwellings over the next 37 years.
It aims to see more of Melbourne’s
future housing growth in, or near, existing areas of high job concentrations
and/or future employment potential.
These National Employment Clusters
include Dandenong, and metropolitan
activity centres, including Frankston.
“Plan Melbourne is consistent with
this position, and therefore this is a
policy statement we can well support,”
Cr Celi said.

Councillor ‘retirement’ triggers
ward by-election by year’s end
RED Hill Ward councillor Frank
Martin announced his retirement
after six years on Mornington Peninsula Shire Council last week.
A council media statement stated
Cr Martin advised mayor Antonella
Celi and CEO Dr Michael Kennedy
on Tuesday (20 May) of his decision to retire, effective immediately,
due to recent poor health.
Cr Celi said Cr Martin had made
a significant contribution to both his
ward and the broader Mornington
Peninsula community during his
time on council.
“Frank has been a wonderful contributor to Council and a dedicated
representative of his ward,” Cr Celi
said. “On behalf of my Council col-

leagues and the community, I thank
him for his contribution and wish
him a happy and healthy future.”
Cr Martin was elected to Red
Hill Ward in 2008 and re-elected
in 2012. He served as mayor in
2011-12.
Shire officials had previously told
The News Cr Martin would return
to council this month (‘Red Hill
Ward councillor due back after long
absence’, The News, 20/5/14)
A by-election will be held to fill
the vacancy in the Red Hill Ward.
The by-election must be held by
August this year, according to local
government guidelines.
See ‘Council poised for new era’
article on page 13.

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Rosebud Hospital praised but cuts on way
By Stephen Taylor
ROSEBUD Hospital was playing its
part in reducing Victoria’s elective
surgery waiting list which has fallen
significantly over the past year, state
Health Minister David Davis said last
week.
He said the hospital has had a
“healthy drop’’ in the number of patients waiting for surgery.
A performance report shows a number of key areas where the Rosebud
Hospital has improved. These include:
Fewer patients on the elective surgery
waiting list – from 165 at the end of the
March 2013 quarter to 74 at the end of
March 2014.
Treated 257 patients from the elective
surgery waiting list in the March quarter, up on the 154 waiting list admissions a year earlier.
Provided operations within the
benchmark 30 days for 100 per cent
of the hospital’s 40 Category 1 urgent
elective surgery patients in the March
quarter.
Provided operations within the
benchmark 90 days for 90 per cent of
the hospital’s Category 2 urgent elective surgery patients in the March quarter – up from 62 per cent last year.
Provided operations within the benchmark 365 days for 97 per cent of the
hospital’s Category 3 elective surgery
patients in the March quarter – above
the state average of 91 per cent.
Completed the transfer of 94.2 per
cent of patients who arrived at the
hospital by ambulance in the March
quarter within the target of 40 minutes,
up on its 90.4 per cent transfer rate in
March 2013 and better than the state-

Hospital pass: State Health Minister David Davis (above right) said there has been a
drop in Rosebud Hospital’s surgery waiting list. Pictures: Yanni

wide benchmark of 90 per cent.
Received 607 ambulance arrivals at

the busy emergency department in the
three months to the end of March –
up from 597 arrivals in the December
quarter.
Admitted 2778 patients in the three
months to the end of March – up from
2514 admissions in the December quarter.
The Rosebud Hospital is at the heart
of the Rosebud Health Hub – a new
health initiative for residents at the
southern end of the peninsula.
It offers a comprehensive range of
healthcare services from the Rosebud
Hospital site, including community
health, mental health, allied health and
dental health services.
The hospital has 30 acute and 30
subacute beds, four surgical beds serv-

ing one operating theatre, nine renal
dialysis chairs, three cardiac monitored
beds and four chemotherapy chairs. The
emergency department has nine cubicles and a fast track area.
The hospital provides care and treatment for both admitted and out patients.
Serving more than 130,000 residents
on the southern peninsula, the hospital’s
target population swells dramatically
during holiday periods, with the peak
summer period attracting more than
100,000 holiday makers to the peninsula.
Elsewhere, the new emergency department at the revamped Frankston
hospital will be three times the size of
the old one with three new wards.
It was of special interest to Mr Davis
who last week inspected the four-storey
hospital redevelopment due to be com-

pleted next year. The $80.9 million
works are said to be ‘’on time and on
budget’’.
Standing on top of the building Mr
Davis said: “The Frankston Hospital
Emergency Department is one of the
busiest in the state with close to 60,000
attendees each year, and this expansion
will help meet that demand.”
The department will have its own
ambulance entry point – which is desperately needed as Frankston has the
largest number of ambulance arrivals in
the state.
Ambulance transfer times have improved with 86.3 per cent of transfers
completed within the 40-minute target
this year - up from 58.9 per cent in
March last year. They are expected to
improve with the new development.
The new emergency department
will have dedicated paediatric, mental health, medical imaging with a CT
scanner, and specialist treatment areas,
including women’s health.
But, while the hospital redevelopment may be good news for the minister, state government concerns that the
federal Budget will rip $200 million
out of health and education from 1 July
must be galling. This includes the $7
co-payment to visit a GP – which may
push more people into public hospital
emergency rooms with the states footing the bill – and higher co-payments
for medicines.
“There are immediate and significant impacts on the Victorian budget
on health, concessions and potentially
education,” Dr Napthine told the ABC
on Wednesday. “We’re putting more
money into health and more money into

education. We don’t want that undermined by decisions in Canberra.”
Peninsula residents will certainly
be affected by the cuts. But Peninsula
Health says that, at this point, it is too
early to tell what direct impacts the
Budget will have locally.
“State and federal governments are
currently in negotiations and we expect
that we will receive a response from
them in the coming weeks. Whatever
the result Peninsula Health will continue to provide the best care possible
for our patients whilst working within
the means we have.’’
Federal Health Minister Peter Dutton said on the ABC’s 7.30 program
that references to Budget cuts in health
funding were wrong. He said there
would be a 9 per cent increase, year on
year, in hospital funding reducing to 6.7
per cent from 2017. He disputed claims
that the government was ‘’taking $8.6
billion from the Health budget’’ and
that incentive payments – to ease waiting lists for elective surgery in public
hospitals and improve the flow of patients through emergency departments
– were not “gone’’.
He said cuts would only occur ‘’only
if the states don’t achieve a certain level
of activity, if they don’t have population
growth in accord with the agreement
brokered by (former) Prime Minister
Julia Gillard.
‘’We are saying: ‘If you see more
patients, if you do more hips and more
knees, we will pay for that activity’. So,
there is incentive for the states to see
more patients and the Commonwealth,
as I say, will meet its funding obligations in terms of that activity.’’

Cultural treasure: Nepean Historical Society volunteers Natasha Wicks and Joy Kitch look over donated First
World War artefacts that will soon go on permanent display at Sorrento Museum. Picture: Yanni

Anzac legacy comes to life at Sorrento
SORRENTO Museum is creating a new permanent
display of First World War photographs, letters,
documents and artefacts to honour the contribution
of peninsula residents to the Anzac legacy.
The museum, which is run by the Nepean Historical Society, was last week awarded a federal
government grant of $2794 under the Centenary
of ANZAC grants program.
Nepean Historical Society secretary Joy Kitch
said the financial windfall, announced by federal
member for Flinders Greg Hunt on behalf of Veterans Affairs Minister Michael Ronaldson, would
enable the museum to create a fitting tribute to the
region’s WWI veterans and their families.
“For a small society like ours it is a very significant amount of money,” Ms Kitch said.
“We really wanted to make a significant memorial to local people who served in WWI.
“This will enable us to create a professional

collage of photos words and artefacts collected
from local people who served in WWI.
“In particular, we want to highlight the local
women who served.”
Ms Kitch said the Nepean Historical Society,
which has been working closely with the RSL
in designing the collage, had received many
donations from local families of precious photos,
records, medals, certificate and postcards from
the men and women who served.
“Knowing that this important centenary of
WW1 was coming in 2015, we have been setting
aside these items for use on the panel. Making
the final selection will be challenging.”
Mr Hunt said he was looking forward to working with community groups across the electorate
to deliver commemorations that would honour
the nation’s centenary of service.
Chris Brennan

Got to have faith: Last year’s Interfaith Festival was a celebration of spirituality and religious beliefs.

Diversity at faith fest
PEACE and spiritual harmony are set to permeate the peninsula community next weekend as
hundreds of visitors descend on Mornington for the
annual Interfaith Festival.
The theme of this year’s event is “a celebration
of diversity” as the festival expands its spiritual and
religious focus to embrace the broader community’s
many cultural traditions.
The Mornington Peninsula Interfaith Network,
which hosts the increasingly popular event, said the
festival was a celebration of spiritual and cultural
diversity through music, dance, art, workshops and
food.
Among the many free events at this year’s festival
on Sunday 8 June at the Peninsula Community Theatre in Mornington are African drumming and dancing, choir singing, laughter yoga and a multicultural
concert including Aboriginal whale singing, Chinese lion dancing, Ghanese dancing, Zimbabwean

singing, and a Venezuelan ensemble.
Visitors can also watch artists display their oil,
pastel and water colour paintings and drawings, as
well as demonstrations of traditional crafts such as
embroidery and crochet.
A number of faith leaders will come together “in
the spirit of peace” to offer blessings to the community, while a host of multicultural and multifaith
stands will offer insights into spiritual opportunities.
There’s will also be a smorgasboard of delicious
food and numerous activities for children, including
face painting, indigenous jewellery making, animal clay sculpturing and boomerang painting and
throwing.
The Interfaith Festival is also supported by the
Victorian Multicultural Commission, Mornington
Peninsula Shire, Order of Australia, University of
the Third Age, and Creativity Australia.
Visit www.interfaithfestival.org.au for details.

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Council poised for new era
COMMENT
By David Harrison
CR Frank Martin has quit his Red Hill ward at a
most interesting moment in Mornington Peninsula
Shire history. He has been a crucial vote at a time
when important matters have been, and are being,
decided.
Mr Martin, an affable and personable man who
had skill and experience to offer his ratepayers, has
resigned because of illness. It opens up possibilities,
after the byelection the vacancy triggers, for substantial changes in the way the shire goes about its
business.First, continuance of the long dominance
of the David Gibb-Anne Shaw councillor group of
six is teetering. Mr Martin was a staunch member of
the Six, standing firm with them on issues such as
building the Southern Peninsula Aquatic Centre on
the Rosebud foreshore and supporting other major
development and planning matters. The byelection
could well result in an opponent of the foreshore site
joining council, shifting the vote from 6-5 for the
Gibb-Shaw group to 6-5 against it, thus placing the
SPA project in jeopardy.
Second, the Six – now reduced to the Five – are
thought to favour reappointing shire CEO Michael
Kennedy for another term without advertising his
$350,000 a year job. He has been reappointed four
times in his 15-odd years as shire chief executive
and is thought to be seeking another contract.
Before the byelection brings a new face to the
council table, the vote stands at five-all in the chamber. Tied votes can be decided by mayor Antonella
Celi using her casting vote. Issues requiring such
votes could well include SPA issues and the future
of Dr Kennedy. The Kennedy matter poses difficulties. Council must decide some time in August – the
Red Hill ward poll must be held before the end of
August at the latest – whether to reappoint the CEO
again or to advertise his position.
It would be proper to hold the byelection before
councillors vote on the CEO’s position. Otherwise
the diminished chamber, lacking the replacement
for Mr Martin, could be deadlocked, requiring Cr
Celi to use her casting vote, effectively to reappoint

Dr Kennedy. By tradition, casting votes are used to
preserve the status quo. And the expectation is that
those who chair meetings strive to be disinterested,
and be seen to be so. It would be highly contentious
in my view for mayor Celi – who is unwavering in
her support for and admiration of Dr Kennedy – to
ensure another term for the CEO via her casting
vote. Far better to bring on the byelection quickly
so a full complement of councillors can relieve the
mayor of having to make that decision effectively
alone.
While the SPA will not present Cr Celi with casting-vote difficulties in the short term, the now-Five
pro-foreshore councillors face an immediate dilemma over a SPA issue – will they favour the public’s
right to know via transparent process over clear partisan self-interest? At time of writing a councillor is
seeking on Monday 26 May to have a SPA matter
brought to an ordinary council meeting. It is thought
to have been a confidential item at the special purposes committee meeting held a week earlier. (See
‘Walkout ends debate’, pg 1).
The SPA is a massive, divisive, hugely expensive
project whose cost is heading towards $40 million.
Already one councillor, Graham Pittock, cannot
vote on SPA matters, having been accused of having a conflict of interest over it and in the hands of
the glacier-paced Local Government Inspectorate.
In this writer’s view it would be extraordinary for
the Five to vote to keep this item secret rather than
agreeing to have it debated publicly. It is utterly vital
that, wherever possible, issues of this magnitude are
discussed openly. How the Five vote will be most
instructive. Ratepayers are entitled to know where
their councillors stand on such unprecedented
spending. Councillors have a responsibility to their
constituents to minimise decisions made behind
closed doors – meetings from which no information can be made public, including how councillors
voted, without risk of severe penalty. In such matters accountability is everything.
The shire is right to preach “openness and transparency”. But it, and its councillors, must also practise it, to the greatest degree possible.
It’s what we call democracy.

Play away the day
THE International Toy Library Association is
spreading the word about the importance of
play, one of the most neglected rights of children
around the world, ahead of World Play Day on
Wednesday 28 May.
Children learn many physical skills through
play but it is also essential for their mental development as they learn skills such as socialisation,
perseverance and satisfaction.
Rosebud Library does its part in promoting

play for children with its ‘toy library, a way for
parents to keep kids occupied.
Rosebud’s toy libary allows children to borrow
toys they enjoy playing with to be returned at a
later date.
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NEWS DESK

LETTERS
‘Food for fines’ thanks

Long drive for free tip

MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire’s
Libraries recently undertook a “Food
for Fines” amnesty whereby food
could be donated in lieu of fines
(‘Fines food on cards’, The News,
15/4/14). The recipients of the donated
food were the Community Support
Centres at Mornington, Rosebud and
Hastings.
Mornington Community Information
and Support Centre received the
donations from the Mornington
Library and I would like to thank them
and all the users of the library for the
extremely generous donations of nonperishable food that was given to us
over the month of the program.
We give out about $3000 per week
of direct aid to the less fortunate in
our community on average, including
food from our pantry which forms an
essential part of our program.
Our assessment of the donations
given over this period from the “Food
for Fines” program is that we received
over 2000 items weighing about 700
kgs equal to about $4,000 in value – a
magnificent effort!
In addition to expressing our thanks
to all the contributors I would also
like to thank the staff and officers
within the council who thought up a
such a worthwhile scheme and were
so helpful in assisting us with the
collections.
John L Riddle, president,
Mornington Community Information
and Support Centre

I OFTEN wonder on ‘no-charge’ green
waste weekends, why the gatekeepers
at the Truemans Rd centre check the
residency of the driver of each and
every vehicle upon entry.
To not be a shire resident one would
have to drive from Frankston ignoring
the Mornington Resource Recovery
Centre all the way to Rye or catch the
ferry across the bay paying a return
fare for a car and trailer.
Fred Wild, Rye

Budget ‘outrage’ unfair
COMMUNITY outrage at the recent
budget, is, I believe, unfair. For
Australia paying billions regularly
as interest alone on what the country
owes is crazy. We must stop doing it.
The only way is a tough budget.
OK, the government may have some
initiatives wrong, but the aim is good.
Labor’s failure and broken promises
to bring in surpluses, resulting in a
huge debt is the underlying cause.
Let’s all work to fix this problem.
Dr Dallas Clarnette, Rosebud
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News, PO Box 588, Hastings 3915 or
email: team@mpnews.com.au
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and contact number.
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not for publication. The News may
edit letters for length or for legal
reasons.

Come together

Beaches of Mornington hosted a Peninsula Band Host organised fundraiser for the Luke Batty
Foundation on Sunday 18 May. Live music was provided by bands and donated vouchers, auction items and proceeds on the night
saw $2920 raised for the foundation. Rosie Batty was in attendance (pictured above) and thanked attendees for their support as
she campaigns for an end family violence. Pictures: Paul Passy

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Rosebud Hospital praised but cuts on way
By Stephen Taylor
ROSEBUD Hospital was playing its
part in reducing Victoria’s elective
surgery waiting list which has fallen
significantly over the past year, state
Health Minister David Davis said last
week.
He said the hospital has had a
“healthy drop’’ in the number of patients waiting for surgery.
A performance report shows a number of key areas where the Rosebud
Hospital has improved. These include:
Fewer patients on the elective surgery
waiting list – from 165 at the end of the
March 2013 quarter to 74 at the end of
March 2014.
Treated 257 patients from the elective
surgery waiting list in the March quarter, up on the 154 waiting list admissions a year earlier.
Provided operations within the
benchmark 30 days for 100 per cent
of the hospital’s 40 Category 1 urgent
elective surgery patients in the March
quarter.
Provided operations within the
benchmark 90 days for 90 per cent of
the hospital’s Category 2 urgent elective surgery patients in the March quarter – up from 62 per cent last year.
Provided operations within the benchmark 365 days for 97 per cent of the
hospital’s Category 3 elective surgery
patients in the March quarter – above
the state average of 91 per cent.
Completed the transfer of 94.2 per
cent of patients who arrived at the
hospital by ambulance in the March
quarter within the target of 40 minutes,
up on its 90.4 per cent transfer rate in
March 2013 and better than the state-

Hospital pass: State Health Minister David Davis (above right) said there has been a
drop in Rosebud Hospital’s surgery waiting list. Pictures: Yanni

wide benchmark of 90 per cent.
Received 607 ambulance arrivals at

the busy emergency department in the
three months to the end of March –
up from 597 arrivals in the December
quarter.
Admitted 2778 patients in the three
months to the end of March – up from
2514 admissions in the December quarter.
The Rosebud Hospital is at the heart
of the Rosebud Health Hub – a new
health initiative for residents at the
southern end of the peninsula.
It offers a comprehensive range of
healthcare services from the Rosebud
Hospital site, including community
health, mental health, allied health and
dental health services.
The hospital has 30 acute and 30
subacute beds, four surgical beds serv-

ing one operating theatre, nine renal
dialysis chairs, three cardiac monitored
beds and four chemotherapy chairs. The
emergency department has nine cubicles and a fast track area.
The hospital provides care and treatment for both admitted and out patients.
Serving more than 130,000 residents
on the southern peninsula, the hospital’s
target population swells dramatically
during holiday periods, with the peak
summer period attracting more than
100,000 holiday makers to the peninsula.
Elsewhere, the new emergency department at the revamped Frankston
hospital will be three times the size of
the old one with three new wards. It was
of special interest to Mr Davis who last
week inspected the four-storey hospital redevelopment due to be completed

next year. The $80.9 million works are
said to be ‘’on time and on budget’’.
Standing on top of the building Mr
Davis said: “The Frankston Hospital
Emergency Department is one of the
busiest in the state with close to 60,000
attendees each year, and this expansion
will help meet that demand.”
The department will have its own
ambulance entry point – which is desperately needed as Frankston has the
largest number of ambulance arrivals in
the state.
Ambulance transfer times have improved with 86.3 per cent of transfers
completed within the 40-minute target
this year - up from 58.9 per cent in
March last year. They are expected to
improve with the new development.
The new emergency department
will have dedicated paediatric, mental health, medical imaging with a CT
scanner, and specialist treatment areas,
including women’s health.
But, while the hospital redevelopment may be good news for the minister, state government concerns that the
federal Budget will rip $200 million
out of health and education from 1 July
must be galling.
This includes the $7 co-payment
to visit a GP – which may push more
people into public hospital emergency
rooms with the states footing the bill –
and higher co-payments for medicines.
“There are immediate and significant impacts on the Victorian budget
on health, concessions and potentially
education,” Dr Napthine told the ABC
on Wednesday.
“We’re putting more money into
health and more money into education.

We don’t want that undermined by decisions in Canberra.”
Peninsula residents will certainly
be affected by the cuts. But Peninsula
Health says that, at this point, it is too
early to tell what direct impacts the
Budget will have locally.
“State and federal governments are
currently in negotiations and we expect
that we will receive a response from
them in the coming weeks. Whatever
the result Peninsula Health will continue to provide the best care possible
for our patients whilst working within
the means we have.’’
Federal Health Minister Peter Dutton said on the ABC’s 7.30 program
that references to Budget cuts in health
funding were wrong. He said there
would be a 9 per cent increase, year on
year, in hospital funding reducing to 6.7
per cent from 2017.
He disputed claims that the government was ‘’taking $8.6 billion from the
Health budget’’ and that incentive payments – to ease waiting lists for elective
surgery in public hospitals and improve
the flow of patients through emergency
departments – were not “gone’’.
He said cuts would only occur ‘’only
if the states don’t achieve a certain level
of activity, if they don’t have population
growth in accord with the agreement
brokered by (former) Prime Minister
Julia Gillard.
‘’We are saying: ‘If you see more
patients, if you do more hips and more
knees, we will pay for that activity’. So,
there is incentive for the states to see
more patients and the Commonwealth,
as I say, will meet its funding obligations in terms of that activity.’’

Retiree loses everything to online love scam
By Chris Brennan
A FRANKSTON South retiree has been
left homeless and heartbroken after being swindled out of her life savings in a
sophisticated online love scam.
Carole Ross, 64, lost more than
$200,000, including all of her superannuation savings, after being duped by a
“love interest” she met through an online dating website.
“This has destroyed me,” Ms Ross
said. “I’m emotionally distraught and
financially ruined; I’ve lost my home,
all my retirement savings, and my car
is about to be repossessed. My life is
ruined.”
While well aware of the dangers of
online dating and romance scams, Ms
Ross never thought for a moment that
her new found “soul mate” had been
anything but real.
After all, they’d shared an intensely
passionate relationship over almost ten
months, melding their futures - and
finances - together in preparation of a
promised “ever after”.
Wedding bells were in the offing, the
culmination of a whirlwind, fairtale romance that was set to fulfill the recently
retired health care worker’s deepest
longings.
Not only was “Alex” attractive and
considerably younger than Ms Ross, he
was also very well off. She would never
have to worry about money again.
“If only I could have my time over
again,” Ms Ross said. “It’s so obvious
now that it was too good be true, but
when you’re in the middle it, of all this
passion and excitement, you don’t stop
to think that it could be anything but
real.”
The saga began last August when a

friend suggested she try to get back
into the dating game by signing up to
a dating website.
She’d been separated for many years
and was soon to retire from her longterm job with Peninsula Health’s Mt
Eliza Centre to a life of “relative comfort”. A loving relationship was the
one missing element in her life.
After putting up her online profile,
it wasn’t long before she received a
response from prospective suiter, a
“well educated, sophisticated gentleman” who claimed to live in London.
They had much in common and
plenty to talk about, especially with
her being from England originally.

They even shared a mutual friend - the
same person who’d suggested Ms Ross
try the website.
Ms Ross never suspected her new
beau might have mined details of her
life from Facebook.
“We’d talk every day – twice a day
- on the phone,” she said. “We’d talk
about everything. He was very sophisticated, well-educated and wellspoken.
“We had a real connection and things
quickly became more and more romantic.It was passionate and exciting.
I told him things I’d never told another
soul. I really thought he was the one.”
“He told me he had a young son
but his wife had died in a car accident
about five years ago. He’d been devastated by her death and it had taken
until now to be emotionally ready to
try dating again.”
Their relationship grew steadily
deeper and Alex soon committed to
moving out to Australia to be with her.
She had finally found “the one” just
in time to ensure her golden years truly
were everything she had dreamed of.
“He told me how he couldn’t believe
he’d met someone like me, that he’d
never met anyone like me before and
that I was the person he was looking
for. It was a whirlwind romance, very
passionate, and I never suspected it
was anything but true love.”
“It was like a fairy tale and I was
head over heels in love with this person, whoever he was.”
With more than enough money for
them to both live comfortably ever after together, Alex convinced Ms Ross
to leave her job so she could concentrate her time and energy on getting

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everything ready for his impending arrival in Australia.
That meant she was able to release
her superannuation savings, which she
planned to live off until he joined her.
Not long afterwards, things started to
go disastrously awry.
The date of his planned departure
kept being delayed as one problem after another struck.
Then there was a “big business deal”
that needed to be completed before he
could join her, a lucrative transaction
involving a shipment of cars for a fleet
buyer in Ukraine.
He had to travel to the troubled country to seal the deal.
But as a sign of his commitment to
Ms Ross, and to assist in him resettle
in Australia, the payment for the deal
would be put into a bank account set
up in her name.
There was even an online banking
site showing the amount of $990,000
assigned to Ms Carole Ross. Of course
she couldn’t access it - yet.
Then everything fell apart. “Corrupt”
Ukranian police officers were demanding bribes (could she help, please, as
he was able to access his own money).
She’d need to wire him $6000, then
$10,000 then another $10,000.
Then she was informed by a “lawyer” that Alex was in jail after an altercation with another corrupt official.
There were more legal payments and
fines she’d have to pay to help him get
out.
Then further expenses appeared, this
time tied up with the business deal in
the form of official government taxes
and fees on the bank transfer.
As it was now “her” money - how

could she not but agree to pay up or
risk losing it all.
It wasn’t long before Ms Ross had
exhausted her finances - $200,000 in
all. But Alex and his Ukranian friends
still had one more surprise: a late penalty fee of $49,000 was now required
to release the $990,000.
Of course it was her fault the fee
was being applied as she hadn’t sent
enough money fast enough. If she
didn’t pay, they’d never see their big
pay day.
In desperation, Ms Ross turned to
a financial adviser to try to raise the
required funds. It didn’t take the business and banking expert long to smell
a rat.
A bit of digging revealed the image
of “Alex” was a well known profile
used in multiple international scams,
a stolen identity now being peddled
by numerous scammers.
Luckily, Ms Ross didn’t raise the
$49,000 to hand over to Alex.
Despite confronting him, Alex still
insists everything is legitimate.
She is the one who screwed everything up by not handing over the rest
of the money. And he’s the one who’s
heart is broken.
And there’s still a chance everything will work out, if only she can
come up with the rest of the money.
If only.
“It’s horrible realising you have
been deceived,” Ms Ross said. “I still
find myself wondering ‘what if he is
telling the truth’ but then I catch myself and realise how crazy that is.”
“I never thought anyone would be
able to scam me like this, but this just
shows, it can happen to anyone.”

Essence of
coastal living
LOCATED close to all the attractions and amenities of this quintessential coastal town,
this two-storey weatherboard home will make you feel like it’s holiday time all year round.
The spacious open-plan design allows for any configuration of furnishings and is book
ended by a superb kitchen boasting a full complement of stainless-steel appliances. The
living areas are increased considerably with two sets of bi-fold doors that open onto an
alfresco timber deck that is perfect for entertaining on warm nights. At the top of the stairs
is a handy space that can be set up as a children’s play zone or gaming room. Branching
off from here are three enormous bedrooms, two of which have built-in wardrobes, and a
palatial master bedroom that has room for a lounge suite or home office. The spectacular
ensuite bathroom has a walk-in shower with waterfall shower head, as well as his and
hers vanities and a spa bath. A level lawn area is surrounded by neat gardens and is wellfenced for pets. Towards the rear of the block is a small outbuilding, ideal for a play house
or studio that adds an extra dimension to what is already a home bursting with features.
Measuring about 372 square metres, the home is set on a manageable 702-square metre
block that has been landscaped with bark gardens to keep maintenance to a minimum,
allowing you to enjoy the beach and coastal atmosphere to the full.

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facing backyard. Would suit as a holiday
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IF you want to make a statement with your next home purchase, look no further than this
impressive six-bedroom home that effortlessly combines seaside style with true resort
living. Set on a landscaped block measuring about 982 square metres, the home has a
free-flowing open plan design with living areas across both two levels. The upper level
features the main living zone, and incorporated into the space is a well-appointed kitchen
and an adjoining meals area. From here there is access out to a timber deck offering
views across the tree-tops and to the bay. The main bedroom also has a great natural
view and also boasts an ensuite and walk in robe. Two more bedrooms both have built-in
robes and there is a powder room for guests. Downstairs is a large rumpus room and
three more bedrooms share a second bathroom. To make a splash this summer, stake
your spot by the sparkling in-ground pool with spa, and after the swim retire to the pool
house with barbecue area.
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Nicely elevated and built to capture water & treetop vistas, this
3-4 bedroom home also has 2 bathrooms, 2 living areas, a study
nook, sep laundry with shower and private entertaining area
overlooking the back garden. Situated on an easy care allotment
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233 Main Creek Road, Main Ridge
Experience unparalleled peace, tranquillity and seclusion at Highfield. Set on 23 acres, approx, with
panoramic, never to be lost rural views, this stunning property is one of Main Ridge’s finest with its stunning
principal four-year-old north-facing four bedroom, 2.5 bathroom residence with three living areas and
flawless facilities. The property features a three bedroom manager’s residence, eight paddocks linked by a
laneway, an extensive avocado and heritage apple orchard, machinery shed, 110,000 litres of water storage,
native tree lined corridors and three large dams. This is a unique opportunity to bring to fruition your own
dream in magnificent Main Ridge.

55 Ian Road, Mount Martha
Striking contemporary design underpins this bold and dynamic tri-level four-bedroom, three bathroom
residence set on Mt Martha Hill with magnificent views across lush bushland to sparkling Port Phillip Bay. Set
on a sensational 1120m2, approx, allotment backing directing onto a verdant reserve, the home is designed
to capture the outlook from every turn. At its pinnacle is the vast top-floor open plan living and dining room
with a bar, sleek stone kitchen with two ovens and two walls of sliding glass linking to a fabulous entertaining
balcony. Features a spa en suite, return driveway and garaging for three cars close to Mt Martha beach, Village
shops and a choice of schools.

7 Naples Street, Mornington
If sophisticated elegance with a distinct sense of grandeur is what you are looking for, then look no further!
This beachside neo Georgian-style residence is only three years young and offers approx 36 squares of
cheer luxury, features inc; 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, very spacious living areas, gorgeous timber floors,
gourmet kitchen and an exquisite all weather sunroom alfresco area plus a large DLUG. The very best of
fixtures and fittings have been combined to create a true master piece of architecture, fastidiously constructed
with incredible attention to detail. You will also be delighted by the stunning blue water bay views that span
effortlessly across the bay and all the way to Arthurs Seat. Walk to Main St and beach opportunity not to be
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365 Truemans Road, Boneo
This magnificent 8.8 acre estate, approx, is an unforgettable lifestyle experience completely hidden from view
and situated between iconic Gunnamatta Surf Beach and the Bay. A 200 metre driveway draws you deep
into the property surrounded by natural bush and opens out to reveal a superb north-facing four-bedroom,
two-bathroom residence with a wrap-around verandah and fabulous entertaining deck. With dual frontage to
Browns Road, the property also offers a unique opportunity to build a luxury new home, STCA, at the highest
point of the property with 360 degree views across the Peninsula. Facilities include a country style barn /
workshop with a bathroom, three fenced paddocks and three water sources.

61 Carnoustie Grove, Mornington
The serenity of a huge north-facing feature deck and light-filled living creates impressive surroundings for this
contemporary three-bedroom, two-bathroom single-level residence with a double garage. The sought-after mix of
a quiet and accessible beachside location and a modern interior enhance the appeal of this affordable entry point
into Mornington. Contemporary styling highlights the living room, modern kitchen and north-facing family living and
dining room. The covered deck is designed for year round enjoyment; while a separate studio is a perfect teenage
retreat or workshop. The home is beachside of the highway close to the beach, parkland, local shops and schools.

7 New Street, Somerville
Commanding a coveted corner position opposite Somerville Recreation Reserve and walking distance to shops,
train station and schools, this light-filled single-level three bedroom residence set on an impressive 676m2
allotment, approx, is surrounded by desirable family focused amenities and is a first class foot in the door for first
home buyers or investors. Two living areas cater to zoned living, a kitchen with a meals area is well-appointed
and thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a terrace for alfresco entertaining. A tandem carport, further off-street parking and a garden shed
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4 Venice Street, Mornington
This contemporary, smart and stylish two-storey three-bedroom 2.5 bathroom residence brings together
everything you could wish for – from two living areas to an exceptional courtyard and a double remote garage – in
a desirable low-maintenance context surrounded by lifestyle attractions from the nearby beachfront to cafes on
Mornington Main Street. Designer finishes and an abundance of natural light reflect the natural seaside environment
with a family living and dining room opening to alfresco entertaining, a generous top-floor living room with a
balcony, a gourmet stone kitchen and a stylish en suite in this convenient address

4 Seabliss Court, Mount Eliza
Laying claim to rare perfection with stunning design, vast living spaces and loads of lifestyle extras, this magnificent
4BR home on 1507sqm (approx.) delivers picturesque views across verdant playing fields to the sparkling waters
of the bay. Flawlessly maintained and beautifully finished for a life of luxury cradled in the bowl of a million dollar
cul-de-sac moments from the prestigious Peninsula School, features include five living areas, designer-inspired
granite kitchen, indulgent master suite with retreat lounge and private balcony, superior self-contained guest
accommodation, large media room, executive study and a triple garage.

Big on space
DESIGNED to maximise the space, and with plenty of storage options, this impressive
double storey residence has a great combination of period style and modern living with
everything you require in a family home. Basking in a sunny northerly aspect, the home
has four bedrooms - the master bedroom with renovated ensuite and walk-in robe is
upstairs, and three bedrooms downstairs share the main bathroom. Also on the top floor is
a rumpus room or continue the theme and utilise the space as a fantastic parents retreat.
Stunning light-filled living and dining spaces perfectly complement the polished timber
floors that feature throughout the downstairs area. A galley-style kitchen has stainlesssteel appliances, and there is a lovely leadlight window in the formal lounge that also has
a gas log fire. A party-friendly outdoor entertaining area with paved floor comes complete
with lighting and power, with other external features including a one-room bungalow, a
large workshop and the sealed driveway leads up to the double carport.
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3/5 Venice Street, Mornington
Hidden at the rear of an exclusive block of only three, the impressive spaces in this delightful three-bedroom,
two-bathroom unit offer a fantastic floorplan with large windows in every room flooding the interior in natural light.
A neutral colour scheme provides an elegant backdrop to the spacious living and dining room with the comfort
of R/C air conditioning alongside ducted heating. The separate granite kitchen embraces relaxing views across
the secluded rear wrap-around garden with an alfresco entertaining terrace. A double remote garage with internal
access and an en suite to the main bedroom are further assets in this sought-after beachside address close to
Mornington Main Street.

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THIS well-presented industrial takeaway is
positioned on a prominent corner position
and has been trading for about 30 years.
With seating for 12 inside and 12 outside,
trading hours are Monday to Friday, 6am
until 2.30pm. The business has been run
under management with 6 part-time staff.
Some large deliveries are catered for and
there is an extensive list of equipment.

POSITIONED right on the Hastings Marina,
overlooking the bay, this licensed premises
has a wonderfully peaceful atmosphere.
There is seating for 45 inside and 40 outside
beneath umbrellas. This business is very
busy in summer with lunches, and the
option is there to open in the evenings for
dinner. Current trading hours are 8.30am
to 3.00pm, 6 days per week in winter and 7
days in summer.

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computerised.

$176,000 + sav

$189,000 + sav

FENCING & TIMBER

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Huge potential for owner operator
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Est 1985. Freehold also available @

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high stock turnover, long lease in
large commercial/Uni sector opposite pier on the waterway. Excellent place. Vendor must sell and offers full
near new equipment, seats 30 in & assistance with changeover. Quality
labels catering for over 35s. Staff
28 out, storage downstairs. Entire
frontage opens to beautiful vista.
room & 3 rear car parks.

$155,000 + sav

NOW $170,000 + sav

HAIR SALON

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Sales award winner in leading franchising network. Solid business,
no competition in area, well presented premises with good
lease. Package & freight solutions to residential, small and large
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Very well established, huge money
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Captured market in high density
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$225,000 + sav

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Somerville ladies thrown from gig; Empire Day celebrated
Compiled by Cameron McCullough
MR J Nott Marsh left on Tuesday for
Tasmania, where he has gone on a
business trip.
***
MESSRS A Patterson and A Gerschwitz proceeded to Sydney on Monday, where they intend spending a few
weeks’ holiday.
The marriage of Mr H Lloyd and Miss
Hanton is announced to take place on
the 10th of next month.
***
THE many friends of Mrs A Foster, of
“Beachleigh” who recently underwent
a serious operation will be glad to
learn that she is now well on the road
to a complete recovery.
***
A PICTURE show was held in the
Mechanics’ Institute, Mornington,
on Wednesday night last, in aid of
the funds of the Mornington Football
Club, and was very well patronised.
***
A FULL yarding of cattle of all descriptions is advertised for Messrs
A. Scott and Co’s usual monthly sale
at Tanti yards, which will be held on
Monday next.
***
MESSRS Brody and Mason will
hold an unreserved clearing sale of
household furniture and sundries on
Wednesday next, on account of Mr W.
A. Mohr, who is leaving the district.
The sale will be held on the premises,
Hastings Road, Frankston.
***
THE Rev R Jackson, who has been
laid aside by illness for some weeks
past, has so far recovered, we are
pleased to note, as to be able to again

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take up his duties, and the congregation was pleased to see him again in
the pulpit on Sunday evening last.
***
WE regret to hear that Mr A E Gault,
of Somerville, is still seriously ill,
and his condition is causing his many
friends considerable anxiety. He and
Mrs Gault proceeded by train to Adelaide on Wednesday, where he will be
under the care of his uncle, Dr Gault.
***
THE Frankston Choral Society was
well represented at their usual weekly
practice on Monday night last, when
there were 40 members present thus
giving the conductor much encouragement in his work. Mr Frederic
Earp conducted for the first time, and
showed great tact and zeal in his effort
to maintain the best quality of singing
from the society.
***
THE annual sale of gifts for the support of students in New Guinea, in
connection with the Frankston Methodist Church, was held on last Saturday afternoon and evening. There was
a fair attendance, which would have
been considerably larger had not the
weather been so threatening. However
there was a fair amount of business
done, the proceeds being not much
short of that taken last year.
***
MRS J and Miss L Thornell and Miss
E Westaway, of Somerville, had an unpleasant experience several days ago
whilst driving in a gig to Mornington.
They had proceeded about two miles
on their way when the pony trod on a
loose piece of metal, causing it to fall,
and throwing the occupants on top of
the animal, which, fortunately was very

27 May 2014

quiet. Mrs Thornell was laid up for
three days through the severe shaking
and shock. Misses Thornell and Westaway suffered slightly from shock.
Messrs K Webb and E Meldrum went
to their assistance, and the latter drove
them home sprayed with mud.
***

Mrs Tute spoke of the
power of the British
Empire, its vast extent and
its varied peoples. She
referred to her residence
in India, Britain’s greatest
dependency, where 300
million of the King’s
subjects attest the genius
of the British race for
government

A PLEASING function took place
at the Methodist Sunday School on
Tuesday evening last, when the local branch of the Christian Endeavor
Society held a social evening for the
purpose of bidding good bye to Mr E
and Miss Hill, who are leaving the district to take up their residence in Melbourne. The Rev R Jackson, on behalf
of members, in a few complimentary
remarks, made Miss Hill a presentation of a silver serviette ring and to Mr
Hill of a pocket wallet, as souvenirs of
their connection with the Society.
A short programme of songs and
recitations was gone through, in which

Miss Croskell, Miss Gale, and Mr Ellis took part. the rest of the evening
being devoted to parlor games. An
excellent supper terminated a most enjoyable evening.
***
FINE weather favored the Empire
Day celebrated at Rosebud on Friday,
22nd May. In the morning the scholars, under their teacher (Mr Perrin)
assisted by the members of the school
committee and a number of parents
and friends assembled in front of the
school to perform the ceremony of
saluting the flag, followed by three
hearty cheers for “King, Queen, and
Empire.”
The gathering then proceeded into
the schoolroom, which was gaily decorated for the occasion. Here interesting addresses were delivered by Mrs
Clifford Tute (late of India) and Mr
Alexander, J P.
Mrs Tute spoke of the power of the
British Empire, its vast extent and its
varied peoples. She referred to her
residence in India, Britain’s greatest
dependency, where 300 million of the
King’s subjects attest the genius of the
British race for government, and dwelt
on the pleasure it gave her – an English woman – to have the opportunity
of addressing the children of this happier “Britain beyond the Seas,” where
real want or poverty was unknown.
Mrs Tute concluded by emphasing the
need for the British nation throughout all the King’s s dominions being
a united people if the greatness of the
Empire is to last.
Mr Alexander reminded his audience that they were on historic ground,
for but a few miles distant was the site
of the first settlement, so soon aban-

doned by Captain Collins, whose lack
of prophetic insight was proved by
Victoria’s present prosperity. He impressed on the scholars that the future
destiny of this great land of Australia
lay largely in their hands, to make or
to mar, accordingly as they grew up
noble men or women, or the reverse.
A programme of Empire Day songs,
recitations, and essays was then given
by the scholars, each of whom received an Empire Day medal and a
bag of lollies, while the best essays
were rewarded with book prizes. After
a hearty vote of thanks to the speakers
the morning’s proceedings terminated
with the singing of the National Anthem.
In the afternoon, a programme of
races etc. was gone through, and tea
and refreshments were served to the
large gathering by the ladies, to whom
a hearty vote of thanks was accorded.
The assemblage then sang the National Anthem, which brought to a close a
successful and enjoyable function.
***
MORNINGTON v. FRANKSTON;
The above teams met at Mornington
on Saturday, when the locals again
had a full 18, while Frankston were
very poorly represented. The play was
fairly even after the first half, but in
that time the damage had been done,
and Mornington ran out winners with
a substantial majority. Owing to the
lateness of starting, the latter part
of the game was played practically
in darkness. Punctuality in starting
should be strictly enforced. and the defaulting team or teams should be made
to pay a heavy penalty.
From the pages of the Mornington
Standard, 30 May 1914

The rise and fall of a fatback idiot box
By Stuart McCullough
SOMEWHERE along the line, things
got seriously out of whack. Once upon
a time, home cinemas were the exclusive preserve of those who had indoor
bowling alleys and monkey butlers.
Not anymore. The default setting for
television sets is now ginormous.
It used to be the only time you saw
a screen that big, it was surrounded by
world leaders and they were watching
a threatening message from some mutant super-villain demanding a mega
ransom. Now people routinely sit and
watch old episodes of Gardening Australia on screens that swallow their living room wall without so much as a
second, third or even fourth thought.
Things have changed.
Just as a really expensive watch is
water resistant to three hundred metres, my father is change resistant to
a far greater depth. Flat screens are
not for him – he likes to rock it old
school style. In the hands of others,
his approach to technology would
be considered a masterful postmodern statement steeped in irony rather
than a refusal to accept that the world
has moved on. That he is slow to embrace the new is no bad thing. But
there comes a point when confronting
change becomes inevitable.
There’s an old saying: if it ain’t
broke, don’t fix it. My father, however, takes a more extreme approach
and refuses to admit that something
is clapped out and busted, even in the
face of overwhelming evidence. It’s
a trait that I have inherited. A couple
of years ago, I was driving through
Healesville when an unholy noise
that sounded like a cross between

two pieces of metal arguing with each
other and the last Lady Gaga album
screamed from beneath the bonnet.
But despite such a symphony of disaster, I vehemently denied there was
anything wrong right up until the moment that smoke and flames and a catastrophic loss of power rendered my
denial somewhat redundant.
In the corner of my father’s living
room it sits. Once it would have been
considered large. Now it would best be
described as a Tyrannosaurus TV; an
absolute dinosaur. It occupies a space
in a wooden cabinet. Grey and shaped
like a small hippopotamus, it’s kind
of like a shrine. But age has wearied
it, just as age does all of us at some
point. If there’s a program you want

to watch, you must factor in some vital ‘warming up’ time and turn the set
on early. But no amount of time will
save it entirely. Even if given a decent
period to gather its thoughts, when a
picture emerges, it is with a distinctly
greenish hue. I’d go so far as to say
everyone on screen looks as if he or
she is part through transforming into
either the Incredible Hulk or Kermit
the Frog. Not that my father would
ever admit as much.
We decided to take matters into our
own hands. My father was away for
the weekend and we decided to make
a decisive move. But there were some
challenges, not least of which was the
fact that whatever we bought had to
fit into the existing cabinet. Replacing

his television was one thing; throwing
out his cabinet and drilling holes into
his plaster might transcend thoughtfulness and be interpreted as a declaration of war. We headed into Frankston.
It’s been ages since I’ve bought a
TV. A few things became clear very
quickly – firstly, it’s no surprise that
people mostly have gigantic televisions these days because that’s the
only size in which you can buy them.
It’s like wandering into one of those
clothing shops that caters solely to
the plus-sized person. The world has
turned to the ‘Solway’ brand of thinking in which the sizing starts at ‘really
big’ and just gets bigger. Smaller TVs
aren’t made for the living room. Instead, they’re made for the bedroom,

the pantry, the thunderbox and whatever other nook or cranny people think
they can’t survive without a TV. But
these were too small for the cabinet.
The next size was, alas, too big. In
Goldilocks terms, we needed the one
in the middle that was ‘just right’.
It was the last of its kind – the final
remnant of a discontinued line, the likes
of which would never be seen again.
Not so small that it would be swallowed
by the gaping cavity of the cabinet and
not so big as to not fit in. It was, in a
word, perfect. But only upon our return
to Tyabb did the enormity of the task
we’d taken on become apparent. To
install the new flat back television, we
first had to remove the old one. I tried to
move it forward in the cabinet without
success. With all my might, I dragged it.
As it sailed over the lip of the wood and
the full burden of TV took hold of my
shoulders, I realised that this thing might
well weigh more than my first car. In its
place, we plugged in the new set and
tuned it, making sure everything worked
as it ought to. After hours of effort, our
mission was complete. I’ve never felt so
proud.
He rang, of course, to thank me. In
the next breath he asked whether my
brother had helped. I was insulted. As
an adult, I am perfectly capable of installing and tuning a television by myself. Especially if my wife does all the
difficult stuff. Suddenly flatter than the
screen in my father’s living room, my
pride felt like a fat-backed idiot box,
cast upon the nature strip of life. But
that’s okay. Sometimes you need to
consider the big picture. A task now
that is now easier than ever.
stuart@stuartmccullough.com

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HAVE you ever wondered if what you are
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Many parents are starting to notice the
difference that removing food additives,
colourings and preservatives can make but for some children, the problem is more
extensive than that.
Some children react to naturally occurring
food chemicals that can be found in many
healthy foods. Reactions can occur up to
48 hours after exposure, making it difficult
for parents to connect the behaviour to the
foods eaten.
Children who react to food chemicals may
display symptoms such as:
 hyperactivity
 poor bladder control (including bedwetting)
 digestive problems
 eczema or other skin conditions
 headaches or migraines
 aggressive behaviour
 sleeping problems
 nausea
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three food chemicals that may cause issues
for children.
Salicylates are the most common of the
three to cause problems. They are found
in many foods, including a large number of
fruits and vegetables, herbs, spices, honey
and yeast extracts. They can also be found
in cosmetics, flavourings and some medica-

tions (such as aspirin).
Amines are in fermented foods, cheese,
chocolate, canned fish, bananas, avocados
and tomatoes.
Glutamates occur naturally in foods such
as tomatoes, yeast extracts, soy sauces
and cheeses, and are also added to foods
in the form of MSG.
Isolating the problem foods can be very
difficult as children may react to more that
one group of food chemicals, and many
foods are high in multiple food chemicals.

If you suspect your child may have a food
intolerance problem, it is always best to
seek the advice of a qualified health professional before removing any foods, as they
can advise you on how to ensure your child
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Embarrassing defeat raises serious questions
PENINSULA INTERLEAGUE
By Toe Punt
PENINSULA league coach Stevey
Ryan believes that unless the leagueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
governing body, PCN Sports Alliance,
gets behind representative football, the
competition will go backwards.
Ryan made the claim in the wake
of the Peninsula Leagueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 85-point
belting at the hands of Geelong
Football League at Simmons Stadium
on Saturday.
Whilst the 21 players who
represented the league did their very
best, they were no match for the
Geelong FL, who dominated from start
to finish to win 18.18.126 to 6.5.41.
Peninsula League was held scoreless
in the final quarter and booted just two
goals in the second half.
Ryan, along with assistant coach
Troy Shannon, led the team to a
memorable win last season to earn
the right to challenge for the title of
number one country football league in
the competition.
However, despite the importance of
the occasion, players, clubs, coaches,

officials and most importantly, the
governing body, failed to provide the
necessary support for the Peninsula
League to be at their best.
Eight players pulled out of the team
in the week leading up to Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
match. Another pulled out on the eve
of the game, however, he is expected
to line-up against Pines this weekend.
The same thing happened last year
in terms of the lack of commitment
and support from players and
clubs, however, it was masked by a
great performance from those who
represented the Peninsula League
team.
Ryan said it was time for everyone
from the top to the bottom to take
representative football seriously.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;The recruitment of quality players
to our competition depends largely on
the performance of our league on the
big stage,â&#x20AC;? Ryan said.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;If we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get players, clubs and
the league to support the country
championships, then the competition
will go backwards because we wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t
recruit the very best talent.â&#x20AC;?
Ryan said Geelong Football League

epitomised what representing your
league was all about.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Their (Geelong FL) clubs made a
commitment to representative football
at league and club level, they have
been training as a group since before
the season started and they even
trained with the Geelong VFL team in
preparation,â&#x20AC;? Ryan said.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;The result of all that was a super
impressive performance from the very
best players in their competition.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were no-where near them,
which is a shame when you consider it
was one versus two in terms of leagues.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;They simply blew us away and
were a class above.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;To our boysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; credit, they gave their
all and even with our very best team,
things would have been tough.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve just got to decide whether
we as a competition want to commit to
interleague football or not.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;If it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t for Pines, Edithvale,
Mornington and Frankston YCW
Football Clubs supporting the concept
this year, we wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have fielded a
side.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Blokes like Ash Eames and Byron

and Anthony Barry have nothing to
gain from playing interleague football
but they put up their hand and give
everything.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the support from everyone
else? Blokes are pulling out with one
week hamstring injuries!
â&#x20AC;&#x153;I hear that certain clubs and players
have an issue with myself or Troy
Shannon, but this is about playing
with the best in the competition and
representing your league. Build a
bridge and get over it, really.â&#x20AC;?
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s got to start from the top to be
successful and planning needs to start
now,â&#x20AC;? Ryan said.
Ryan also supported the concept of
appointing coaches that can devote the
time and effort to the task.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;You need a team of people who
know and love the league and are not
involved at club level.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tough to coach a club and
to do this, especially when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re
ringing blokes to play up to the eve
of the game, as well as not having the
necessary support from the top
â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are left to our devices and we do
the best we can with the time we have.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve made written recommendations
to PCN Sports Alliance about it and
do you think I have heard back?
(This scribe was also asked to write
recommendations to the league last
season and never received a reply).
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not sure why we are all expected
to care about it so much when those at
the top donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t support it the way they
should.â&#x20AC;?
Morningtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Warwick Miller was
outstanding for the Peninsula League
at half back, Edi-Aspendaleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Stevey
Mannix was superb, the two Barry
boys led from the front and Angus
Scott, who spends his time between
Casey and Edithvale, was also very
good.
Lachy Wallace, who spends time
between Collingwood in the VFL and
YCW, was also prominent.
Ash Eames had some hamstring
soreness but Steve Ryan was quick to
take him from the ground and never
put him back on.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Eamesy wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t going to make a
difference to the final result so it was
important to ensure he was right for his
club this weekend,â&#x20AC;? Ryan said.

Classy Nepean too strong for Central Murray
NEPEAN INTERLEAGUE
By Toe Punt
DESPITE an under strength Nepean
League team going into battle at
Rosebud’s Olympic Park on Saturday,
it proved far too strong for Central
Murray FL on Saturday.
Nepean League dominated in the
opening and last quarters to run out
comfortable 16.12.108 to 9.15.69
winners.
Central Murray FL got with two
goals on a couple of occasions late in
the second quarter and got within five
points in the third, but they were no
match for the locals when the game
was there to be won.
It was no surprise that Nepean
league won the match, even without a
full strength line-up.
Nepean League had just 12 players
at the first training session.
The lack of support from players
and some clubs again highlighted that
the support of the interleague concept
is far from great, which is a direct
reflection on the governing body, PCN
Alliance, along with its member clubs.
Dromana and Rye were very well
represented with five and four players
respectively each in the team, while
Red Hill and Crib Point had three each.
That’s three quarters of the team from
four clubs.
The match as a spectacle never
reached any great heights, other than
the performance of Sorrento goal
kicking machine Leigh Poholke, who
finished the afternoon with seven
goals.
Justin Berry was superb throughout
the contest and highlighted his appetite
for interleague football, while Crib
Point’s Waide Symes and Red Hill’s
Josh Mold provided a lot of run and
grunt around the footy and run through
the middle of the ground.
While skipper Rhett Sutton was

overshadowed in the ruck, his
athleticism and domination around the
ground was a highlight of the match.
Dromana’s new 6.11’ recruit, Blake
McGrath, looked as though he was
going to kick a big bag of goals after
he booted two and handed Poholke
he’s first major in the first 10 minutes
of the game.
The score line was five goals to one
in the opening quarter.
Nepean league coach Ben Holmes
wanted more voice on the field in the
second quarter from his charges and
asked for McGrath to be left one-out
in the square with fellow key forwards
Poholke and Red Hill’s Jarryd Douglas
to play higher up the ground.
However, Nepean League started
to get cute with the footy in the
second quarter, which allowed the
fired-up Central Murray to boot three
unanswered goals and get themselves
back in the content.
Former Collingwood-listed player
Toby Thoolen was providing a handful
for the Nepean defenders.
The margin at the long interval was
15 points.
The third quarter was much of the
same as the second. Central Murray
came out fired-up, kicked the first of
the quarter and reduced the margin to
seven points.
It was like Nepean League was
waiting for a challenge. Poholke took
the game by the scruff and along with
Terry Wheeler, Symes and Berry, were
able to regain their stronghold and turn
a five-point margin halfway through
the term to four goals at the final
change.
Despite Central Murray kicking the
first goal of the final quarter, Nepean
League dominated from that point on
and ran away with a 39-point victory.
The under 18s had a big win, booting
24.14.158 to 8.12.60.

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